From Southwestfarmpress.com: The Multi-Commodity Exchange Program (MCEP), launched two years ago by the National Cotton Council, is proving to be a highly successful educational program as well as an American agriculture coalition-building effort.
The MCEP was launched in October of 2006 when producers from the Midwest/Far West traveled to North Carolina to observe cotton production/processing and other agricultural operations. Then, a group of Sunbelt growers saw agricultural production/processing and agribusiness operations in North Dakota in August of 2007..... Full Article: Source